Started on Sep 1, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire spanning 450 hectares (1,112 acres) is currently burning near São José do Rio Claro in Brazil, having started on August 31, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 18 separate heat detections cluster nearby over the last 48 hours to mark the spread of the fire.
The blaze unfolds within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. On a national scale, 4,567,827 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 85% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Brazil
Across Brazil, roughly 10,112,466 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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